Tuesday, January 08, 2013

Confluence

The Constable of Aeolis was a shrewd, pragmatic man who did not believe in miracles. In his opinion, everything must have an explanation, and simple explanations were best of all. ‘The sharpest knife cuts cleanest,’ he often told his sons. And: ‘The more a man talks, the more likely it is he’s lying.’

But to the end of his days, he could not explain the affair of the white boat.

Very pleased to report that I have just received a contract from Gollancz for a reprint omnibus of my far -future science fiction trilogy, Confluence. The three novels (Child of the River, Ancients of Days, Shrine of Stars) were published way way back at the end of the last century, and went out of print fairly quickly. Now they're coming back as a big omnibus edition (1100 manuscript pages, 360,000 words), with two related stories as bonus material. Right now, I'm re-formatting and copy-editing ancient text files in a long-dead version of WordPerfect. The book should be out in December this year.

speaking of out of print, it looks like Amazon US has already relinquished sales of Mouth of the Whale to 3rd parties, and there is no indication of whether or when an ebook version will be available to readers in the USA. I sure would like to buy the ebook.

Fred and Paul - five out of the six novels preceeding the Confluence trilogy were reissued in paperback a few years ago, and are also available as ebooks - in the UK, anyhow. Check the list of books in the column top right.

About Me

I'm a full-time author of more than twenty books, including novels, short story collections and a film monograph. ﻿I've also published reviews and pieces of journalism in magazines and newspapers.I live in North London.
My latest novel is Something Coming Through.
Some of my fiction and nonfiction is archived on my web site.
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